newsmcp

NewsMCP — World news for AI agents

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Real-time news events, clustered by AI from hundreds of sources, classified by topic and geography, ranked by importance.

Free. No API key. One command to install.

Coverage

12 topics — `politics` `economy` `technology` `science` `health` `environment` `sports` `culture` `crime` `military` `education` `society`

30 regions — 6 continents and 24 countries. Filter by `europe`, `asia`, `united-states`, `germany`, `japan`, `ukraine`, and more.

Hundreds of sources — Articles clustered into events in real-time, ranked by source count and impact score.

Integrations

Claude Desktop

Add to `claude_desktop_config.json`:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "newsmcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@newsmcp/server"]
    }
  }
}

Claude Code Plugin

/plugin marketplace add pranciskus/newsmcp
/plugin install newsmcp

Claude Code MCP

claude mcp add newsmcp -- npx -y @newsmcp/server

Cursor

Add to `.cursor/mcp.json`:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "newsmcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@newsmcp/server"]
    }
  }
}

Windsurf

Add to MCP config:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "newsmcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@newsmcp/server"]
    }
  }
}

OpenAI Codex

codex mcp add newsmcp -- npx -y @newsmcp/server

Or add to `~/.codex/config.toml`:

[mcp_servers.newsmcp]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "@newsmcp/server"]

Gemini CLI

Add to `~/.gemini/settings.json` (or project-local `.gemini/settings.json`):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "newsmcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@newsmcp/server"]
    }
  }
}

OpenCode

opencode mcp add

Or add to `~/.config/opencode/opencode.json` (or project-local `.opencode/opencode.json`):

{
  "mcp": {
    "newsmcp": {
      "type": "local",
      "enabled": true,
      "command": ["npx", "-y", "@newsmcp/server"]
    }
  }
}

Smithery

npx -y @smithery/cli install @newsmcp/server --client claude

OpenClaw Plugin

openclaw plugins install @newsmcp/openclaw

No configuration needed — works out of the box. See `@newsmcp/openclaw` for options.

OpenClaw Skill

clawhub install newsmcp-skill

Lightweight alternative — a single SKILL.md that teaches the agent to call the REST API via `curl`. No dependencies. See `newsmcp-skill` on ClawHub.

MCP Tools

Four tools. That's the interface.

`get_news`

Top events happening right now. Filter by topic, region, time window.

Sort options: `-sources_count`, `-impact_score`, `-last_seen_at`, `-entries_count` (prefix `-` for descending)

`get_news_detail`

Full details on a single event — all source articles, AI-generated context, impact analysis, entity tags.

`get_topics`

Lists every topic category available for filtering. No parameters.

`crime` `culture` `economy` `education` `environment` `health` `military` `politics` `science` `society` `sports` `technology`

`get_regions`

Lists every geographic region — 6 continents and 24 countries — available for filtering. No parameters.

How agents use it

REST API

Don't need MCP? Hit the endpoints directly. Same data, same filters.

Base URL: `https://newsmcp.io/v1`

Query parameters

All parameters are optional. Combine freely.

# Latest events
curl -s https://newsmcp.io/v1/news/ | jq

# Filter by topic
curl -s "https://newsmcp.io/v1/news/?topics=technology" | jq

# Filter by region
curl -s "https://newsmcp.io/v1/news/?geo=europe" | jq

# Last 12 hours, sorted by impact
curl -s "https://newsmcp.io/v1/news/?hours=12&order_by=-impact_score" | jq

# Combine everything
curl -s "https://newsmcp.io/v1/news/?topics=politics&geo=united+states&hours=48&per_page=5" | jq

Response format

{
  "events": [
    {
      "id": "cc3428ab-2ada-41bb-86ab-833fd39ffd8d",
      "summary": "Event description with AI-generated context...",
      "topics": ["technology", "politics"],
      "geo": ["united states"],
      "entries_count": 86,
      "sources_count": 45,
      "first_seen_at": "2026-02-15T04:06:41.728Z",
      "last_seen_at": "2026-03-03T05:00:30Z",
      "impact_score": 8,
      "entries": [
        {
          "title": "Article headline",
          "url": "https://source.com/article",
          "domain": "source.com",
          "published_at": "2026-03-03T05:00:30Z"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "total": 142,
  "page": 1,
  "per_page": 20
}

How it works

1. Collect — Hundreds of news sources are scraped continuously

2. Cluster — Articles about the same event are grouped using vector embeddings

3. Classify — Each event is tagged with topics and geographic entities

4. Rank — Events are scored by source count, impact, and recency

5. Serve — Clean JSON via REST API and MCP server

Events update in real-time as new articles appear. The clustering AI merges duplicate coverage automatically.

Configuration

Point to a different API backend:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "newsmcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@newsmcp/server"],
      "env": {
        "NEWS_API_BASE_URL": "https://your-api.example.com/v1"
      }
    }
  }
}

Releases (GitHub Actions + OIDC)

Publishing is tag-driven via `.github/workflows/release.yml`:

• Trigger: push tag `v*.*.*`
• Publishes `@newsmcp/server` and `@newsmcp/openclaw` to npm via Trusted Publishing (OIDC)
• Publishes MCP metadata with `mcp-publisher login github-oidc`
• Creates a GitHub release with generated notes

One-time setup

1. npm package settings:

For `@newsmcp/server` and `@newsmcp/openclaw`, add a Trusted Publisher pointing to:

2. MCP Registry:

Ensure the repo/package is authorized for GitHub OIDC publishing in MCP Registry.

Release flow

1. Bump versions in:

2. Commit and push to `main`

3. Create and push tag:

git tag -a vX.Y.Z -m "vX.Y.Z"
git push origin vX.Y.Z

The workflow does the publish and GitHub release automatically.

Repository structure

newsmcp/
├── .github/workflows/       # CI/CD workflows (release automation)
├── .claude-plugin/          # Marketplace manifest
├── packages/
│   ├── mcp-server/          # @newsmcp/server — MCP server (npm)
│   ├── claude-code-plugin/  # newsmcp — Claude Code plugin
│   ├── openclaw-plugin/     # @newsmcp/openclaw — OpenClaw plugin (npm)
│   └── skill/               # newsmcp-skill — OpenClaw skill (ClawHub)
├── publish.sh                # Build, test, publish workflow
├── README.md
└── LICENSE

License

MIT